"[A] marvelously observed new domestic drama....In PLEASE GIVE, the sharp-eyed filmmaker sends her vibrant representative out into the world to explore what it means for a woman to be lucky and still feel itchy." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly "Writer-director Nicole Holofcener has a gift for converting small, everyday situations into the kind of gentle comedy that some viewers relate to easily..." -- Grade: A-A.V. Club "With her new film, the poignant and funny PLEASE GIVE, Holofcener is at the top of her game."Los Angeles Times 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "The movie is about imperfect characters in a difficult world, who mostly do the best they can under the circumstances, but not always. Do you realize what a revolutionary approach that is for a movie these days?Chicago Sun-Times "[O]ne way Holofcener works her stealth magic as a filmmaker and storyteller: She doesn't close up shop on her movie until she's made each of us an honorary New Yorker -- in other words, a person with a strong stance and something to say."Movieline "No one in American movies does difficult women better than Ms. Keener, who's fearless when it comes to nasty, cold roles, yet resists caricature."New York Times "[A] tart but sympathetic ensembler....Like Holofcener's previous pictures, PLEASE GIVE derives its narrative energy less from a series of plotted incidents than from its keenly observed interplay of clashing personality tics and worldviews."Variety "Think of PLEASE GIVE as a finely tuned short story with every glance and gesture full of suggestive meaning."Hollywood Reporter 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[A] wry, wistful portrait of contemporary urban manners..."Washington Post "This gorgeous film, always tender and sometimes dark, is a deeply resonant comic drama that's concerned with nothing less than life, death, love, sex, guilt and the urban logic of mortality."Wall Street Journal0.09724232

"[A] marvelously observed new domestic drama....In PLEASE GIVE, the sharp-eyed filmmaker sends her vibrant representative out into the world to explore what it means for a woman to be lucky and still feel itchy." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly "Writer-director Nicole Holofcener has a gift for converting small, everyday situations into the kind of gentle comedy that some viewers relate to easily..." -- Grade: A-A.V. Club "With her new film, the poignant and funny PLEASE GIVE, Holofcener is at the top of her game."Los Angeles Times 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "The movie is about imperfect characters in a difficult world, who mostly do the best they can under the circumstances, but not always. Do you realize what a revolutionary approach that is for a movie these days?Chicago Sun-Times "[O]ne way Holofcener works her stealth magic as a filmmaker and storyteller: She doesn't close up shop on her movie until she's made each of us an honorary New Yorker -- in other words, a person with a strong stance and something to say."Movieline "No one in American movies does difficult women better than Ms. Keener, who's fearless when it comes to nasty, cold roles, yet resists caricature."New York Times "[A] tart but sympathetic ensembler....Like Holofcener's previous pictures, PLEASE GIVE derives its narrative energy less from a series of plotted incidents than from its keenly observed interplay of clashing personality tics and worldviews."Variety "Think of PLEASE GIVE as a finely tuned short story with every glance and gesture full of suggestive meaning."Hollywood Reporter 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[A] wry, wistful portrait of contemporary urban manners..."Washington Post "This gorgeous film, always tender and sometimes dark, is a deeply resonant comic drama that's concerned with nothing less than life, death, love, sex, guilt and the urban logic of mortality."Wall Street Journal0.09724232